Emma Green was born in
Gothenburg,
Sweden, where she lived with mother Maria, father Lennart, and younger brother Erik. She finished
gymnasium in 2003, then with a goal to participate in the
2006 European Athletics Championships. She won the bronze medal in the
2005 World Championships in Athletics, where she got the result 1.96 metres — a new personal best. On 1 July 2010 Emma Green improved her personal best to 1.98 m when she won at the
Sollentuna GP, beating her previous best which had lasted almost five years. Only one month later, on 1 August 2010, at the
2010 European Championships in
Barcelona, she improved her personal best twice over within 5 minutes; first she jumped 1.99 and then just minutes later she jumped 2.01. This was her first time over the two-metre mark and was worth a European
silver medal behind
Blanka Vlašić – her first continental medal. She won the
Folksam Grand Prix in
Gothenburg later that month, jumping 1.95 m. Apart from being a world class high-jumper she has been a Swedish champion at the
100 m,
200m and
long jump and is also a top national level
triple jumper. She won a bronze medal in high jump at the
2012 European Athletics Championships in
Helsinki on 28 June. ==Personal life==